MEC474

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Co Requisite: MEC 465 This is a foundation course in the area of fracture and fatigue considerations in mechanical design. The course provides unified treatment for the failure analysis of mechanical components subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading. Design based on fracture mechanics is introduced and various fracture mechanics measures are discussed. Fatigue crack initiation (FCI) and fatigue crack propagation (FCP) are discussed. The course highlights practical and analytical aspects of fatigue failure in mechanical components and the concept of remaining life of mechanical components. The course is aimed at giving student the basic techniques for designing mechanical components based on fracture and fatigue considerations and for developing expertise in the area of enhancing fatigue life of engineering components. The use of commercial program in a project type of work will be employed and ethical and autonomous learning techniques will be considered throughout the course where

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